Author: Backpacking Dad

Emily and I were watching tv the other minute and saw a Lose Your Excuse ad called “April”. It shows a young girl being interviewed by a young boy in an hard-hitting reporter style about the cell phone charger left plugged into the wall socket. “That’s not my charger. I don’t even have a cell…

Because I’m a good dad I took Erin to the mall to see the Easter Bunny. Because I’m a good dad I bypassed the time-wasting “Sign Up Here!!!” tables advertising a hunt for plastic Easter eggs around the mall; Erin would have no fun looking for them. Because I’m a good dad I ignored the…

Even though around here today is mostly about eating ham, or finding chocolate eggs, or sitting on the Easter Bunny’s lap and asking him for a new bike or Nintendo Wii while he repeats “I’m not Santa” over and over again… Happy Easter, from our family to yours. Oh, and Easter Bunny? I cleaned the…